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Good idea, jlv. Just did that. I notice you're from MA. You don't happen to know of a good EV mechanic in MA do you? Especially western MA? The dealer out here seems to be pretty clueless about Leafs. Many thanks!

Thank you both for this discussion. I like understanding the details of how things work, even when some of it is over my head. Piece by piece, it starts to make sense. I especially appreciate the cautions from both of you on how to protect my car from harm. This is a great forum!

Great news! Blow away....!

Ah, this is all very reassuring. I would rather have a dead 12 volt battery than have to tackle the PDM (though I know that may still be an issue, we shall see). I will definitely do your pigtail-into-the-charge-port-compartment trick and follow your excellent advice on using it. That will be a...

Thank you for your coaching around charging, Gerry. I really appreciate it. It sounds like your fears about my having damaged my good 12v battery are right, alas.

Very interesting and helpful! Thank you, alozzy! Good to hear your reassurance about the drive train. And I should perhaps listen to your wife...

(Short answers in bold.) I'm pretty sure it was replaced with a 24kwh pack, since the seller didn't mention it increasing the original capacity. Normal range is a little hard to say, since I live in hill country and only charge it to 80% generally. I'm guessing the range is around 80 miles? (I...

Right, I will keep the PDM in mind as a back up. I generally plug the car in overnight. So it gets at least 4 hours extra time plugged in than it needs. And last weekend, I forgot and left it plugged in for nearly 24 hours. I hadn't realized this could hurt the 12v battery, so I will change...

Yipes! 722 pages of posts under "12 volt battery dead." That's sobering. Thank you for steering me to the section of the forum I should be studying instead of chasing after IPDM instructions. You have saved me days of wasted time and frustration and perhaps saved my house project. My humble thanks.

TCU, yes that's it! One unrelated question: alozzy, what do you hitch up to your Curt hitch? I'm a carpenter and considering getting a small aluminum trailer, something like this: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200660342_200660342 or possibly even this...

Yes, I realized CatWings was wrong after I posted it. (That's actually the name of a book by Ursula Le Guin.) I haven't had any dongles plugged in since I've owned it. Unless the previous owner left one in. I should check. I will be taking the battery to have it checked first thing tomorrow...

I'm sorry to be a pest, but I just discovered that the battery I have is an AGM D51R. (It's an AGM Optima "yellow top" -- Optima Battery D51R Group Size 51 450 CCA). Is a D51R the same as a 51R? It's only 1 1/2 years old so I hope I didn't ruin it. Is this the battery you recommend, Leftie...

Ah, thank you, alozzy and leftie biker. It's a fairly new and high quality battery, but I will do that. I wonder if this is related. All last year during covid, I drove my car very little (averaging once a month). The 12V battery kept draining, so I finally figured out to unhook the negative...

Ah ha! I just discovered an online service manual for the Leaf. I'm sure you all know about this, but thought I'd post the link anyway: https://www.nicoclub.com/nissan-service-manuals. Haven't looked to see if I can make sense of it, but it should at least help me locate the IPDM (I hope!)

Greetings fellow Leafites! I have a 2011 Leaf (bought used in CA in 2018 with a 2016 battery), and I love it! However, I've just encountered my first problem. I've been having a range of bizarre problems with starting ("I-key not detected", "parking brake needed to start", and most of all: two...